Regulation of virulence in Bacillus anthracis: The phosphotransferase system transmits the signals

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 626-628

  Stülke, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 33846230899     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05556.x     Document Type: Review

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